airmobile
Flown into combat
Airmobile describes military units designed to be transported by helicopter into combat zones.
The term emerged from Vietnam-era tactics where troops deployed rapidly by air rather than ground vehicles: the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).
An airmobile operation uses helicopters to move soldiers, equipment, and supplies directly to objectives.
Soldiers who parachute in
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- assaultViolent offensive act
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- infantryGround combat troops
tactics · operation · maneuver · battalion · brigade · division · platoon · combat
Rotary-wing aircraft
- rotorcraftAircraft lifted by blades
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- gunshipArmed support aircraft
- BlackhawkU.S. Army helicopter
Huey · Apache · tiltrotor · Osprey · hover · rotor · turbine · cockpit
Rope-controlled descent technique
- insertionPlacing something within
- extractionAct of removing
- dropzoneAerial delivery target area
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
HALO · jumpmaster · overwatch · resupply · flanking · encirclement · flexibility
paratroopers
Soldiers who parachute in
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- assaultViolent offensive act
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
infantry · tactics · operation · maneuver · battalion · brigade · division · platoon · combat · strategy
helicopter
Rotary-wing aircraft
- rotorcraftAircraft lifted by blades
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- gunshipArmed support aircraft
Blackhawk · Huey · Apache · tiltrotor · Osprey · hover · rotor · turbine · cockpit · aircrew
rappelling
Rope-controlled descent technique
- insertionPlacing something within
- extractionAct of removing
- dropzoneAerial delivery target area
pathfinder · HALO · jumpmaster · overwatch · resupply · flanking · encirclement · flexibility
airmobileground-based
Located on Earth's surface
mechanized · motorized · amphibious · waterborne · seaborne
airmobilestatic
Without motion or change
fixed · stationary · entrenched · immobile · garrison
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